Nigel Kalton

Short description: British mathematician

Nigel Kalton

Nigel Kalton in Oberwolfach, 2004

Born| (1946-06-20)June 20, 1946

Bromley, Kent, England

Died| August 31, 2010(2010-08-31) (aged 64)

Columbia, Missouri, US

Alma mater| Cambridge University
Scientific career
Fields| Mathematics
Institutions| University College of Swansea, University of Missouri
Doctoral advisor| D.J.H. Garling

Nigel John Kalton (June 20, 1946 - August 31, 2010) was a United Kingdom -United States mathematician, known for his contributions to functional analysis.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 2 Publications
* 3 Notes
* 4 External links

## Career

Kalton was born in Bromley and educated at Dulwich College, where he excelled at both mathematics and chess. After studying mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, he received his PhD, which was awarded the Rayleigh Prize for research excellence, from Cambridge University in 1970. He then held positions at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Warwick, Swansea, University of Illinois, and Michigan State University, before becoming full professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1979.[1][2]

He received the Stefan Banach Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2005.[3] A conference in honour of his 60th birthday was held in Miami University of Ohio in 2006.[2] He died in Columbia, Missouri, aged 64.

## Publications

* Kalton, N. J.; Peck, N. T.; Roberts, James W. (1984). An F-space sampler. Lecture Note Series. 89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27585-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=QB07AAAAIAAJ.
* Albiac, Fernando; Kalton, Nigel J. (2006). Topics in Banach space theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 233. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-28141-4. Albiac, Fernando; Kalton, Nigel J. (2016). 2nd edition. ISBN 9783319315577. https://books.google.com/books?id=UG6zDAAAQBAJ.

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nigel J. Kalton (1946-2010). Obituary". J. Funct. Anal. 260 (10): 2843. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.jfa.2011.02.008.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nigel Kalton, 1946-2010". Columbia Daily Tribune (Sunday, September 5, 2010). http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/sep/05/nigel-kalton-1946-2010/.
3. ↑ "Stefan Banach Medal". Polish Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20201105125729/https://www.impan.pl/en/events/awards/stefan-banach-medal.

## External links

* Memorial Webpage
* Nigel Kalton at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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